As we forever increase our technological footing we improve the way we communicate. One such form of communication device is called the intercom. The intercom has become a staple in the way people communicate across vast distances in large buildings and public places. All of us can remember the intercom from when we were young and in school. Today commercial intercoms have become very helpful in forwarding the productivity and safety in the workplace.
Intercoms have been used in power plants for an extremely long time now. Whether it is a nuclear facility or an oil drilling plant, intercoms have done nothing but improve the work environment. Before the use of intercoms in such places, messages needed to be relayed back and forth between people throughout the complex. This was always time consuming and cost money, but now with the use of intercoms this time is drastically cut down, as well as reducing the need for messengers to run back and forth and around a building.
This also becomes helpful in the case of an emergency. Accidents do happen and sometimes there is nothing we can do about it. However when an accident happens in a power plant it can be disastrous, and with no way to warn people to get out and clear of the building or to summon help without intercoms it could become something significantly more dangerous and can lead to the loss of many lives. Now imagine the use of intercoms in that type of work place. If something seriously bad were to happen you could page for help, or alternatively issue an alert to get clear and to safety.
The ability to communicate is paramount. We as a species need to communicate with one another. Intercoms, especially the use of commercial intercoms have helped us enable ourselves to communicate just about anywhere. This includes the workplace. When working in hazardous conditions and with dangerous substances it can be reassuring that you are not cut off without any form of communication with the rest of your complex in which you work. This can only increase work morale, company productivity and most of all is a good way to improve your efficiency and the time you spend passing messages back and forth.
If you work for a company such as a power plant and they do not utilize an internal intercom system you may want to bring this up with the management.